The leadership here at Calvary Baptist is comprised of men and women who love, care and pray for every single person in the church. If you have questions for any of our staff, feel free to reach out and email them or call our church office to speak with them.

Reverend Dr. William Sean Lee

Co-Pastor

Pastor Sean was born in Havre de Grace, Maryland, received a BA degree in Religion in 1979
from Carson-Newman College in Tennessee, and received a Masters of Divinity degree in 1983 upon graduation from
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, N.C. And in 2009, Pastor
Sean received a Doctor of Ministry degree from Erskine Theological Seminary in
Due West, S.C.

In addition to being a civilian Pastor at Calvary Baptist Church, Pastor Sean has
served as the Command Chaplain in the Maryland National Guard. He started out as a Chaplain for the 115th
Military Police Battalion, 136th Combat Support Hospital, 29th
Infantry Division (light) Support Command, and State Area Command Headquarters. He was deployed to the Pentagon immediately
after the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks in support of rescue and recovery
efforts, and served on Active Duty as the Acting Command Chaplain for U.S. Cyber
Command from July 2014 - March 2015.

Chaplain
Lee is a 2004 graduate of the U.S. Army War College, which he completed as a
National Security Fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard
University. Chaplain Lee currently serves as a Colonel in the Joint Force Headquarters as
Chaplain for the State of Maryland.

In 2017, Pastor Sean Lee received The Lorraine K. Potter Chaplaincy Merit
award for faithful and effective pastoral and spiritual care in the U.S.
Military, and for creating “Partners in Care” that connects military members and
families with local congregations for support in the time of crisis and
need.

Prior to his military service as Chaplain, Pastor Lee served
as a new church development pastor in North Dakota and Delaware and as Hospice
Chaplain/Manager for Spiritual Services and Bereavement at Hospice of
Baltimore, now Gilchrest Hospice.

Reverend Sarah W. Lee

Co-Pastor

Rev. Sarah Wood Lee graduated from Averett College (now University) in 1980
with a degree in Religious Education. She then attended Southeastern Baptist Seminary in Wake Forest, NC.

Pastors Sean and Sarah met in Hebrew class, and in 1982 they were married. They
both graduated from SEBT in 1983 with a Master's of Divinity degree, shortly afterwhich Rev. Sarah
was ordained in 1983 at St. John's Baptist Church in Raleigh, NC.

After
graduating from seminary, Sarah and Sean served with the Southern Baptist
Home Mission Board as Church Planters in North Dakota from 1983-1987. They
successfully started a church in Burlington, North Dakota located about 40
miles from Canada and 50 miles from the Montana border. Burlington Baptist
church was started, organized, and moved into a building of their own within
three years.

During the same time, Pastor
Sarah began her training as a Clinical Chaplain. She completed her 1600 hours
of Clinical Pastoral Education and was awarded Board Certification with the
Association of Professional Chaplains in 1984. She has since served for over 30
years as a Health Care Chaplain in hospitals, hospices, and long term care
facilities.

Pastor Sean and Pastor Sarah left the Southern Baptist Convention
and had their ordinations recognized as American Baptist ministers in 1989. Rev.
Sarah then assisted Pastor Sean in planting the Good Shepherd Baptist church, the
new American Baptist Church in Bear, DE from 1990 to1996.

Reverend Ruth Kulkarni

Pastoral Associate

Ruth
started coming to Calvary the week after she and her husband moved to Maryland
in the year 2000. She started teaching an adult church school class soon
afterward. A social worker in New Jersey, she also got involved in visiting our
shut-ins. While assisting Calvary Baptist Church pastor with a closed-circuit TV service at GBMC,
she learned of the chaplaincy training program at Johns Hopkins Hospital. A few
months later, she enrolled, completed the training for an MA in Church
Ministries, and was ordained at Calvary in 2010. Having worked for ten years as
a chaplain at Johns Hopkins until she retired in 2014, she continues to do
visitation and teaching for Calvary.

Joyce Keedy

Organist & Adult Choir Director

Joyce is a lifelong Towson resident. She started playing piano at age 5 and organ at age 17, and graduated with a BA degree in music. She was organist of another church from 1981 -2010 and joined the staff here at Calvary in 2016. Joyce now plays many different musical instruments and enjoys teaching music students of all ages. She delights to write both words and music to the glory of God, and also enjoys walking, drawing and painting.

Drew Wright graduated from Loch Raven High School in 2008 and went on to study music at UMBC. He graduated with a BA in music composition and recording technology in 2012. In 2013, he began leading the youth choir at Calvary Baptist Church. Today, he leads the Motley Choir, Children's Choir, and Bell Choir, and records, edits, mixes, and masters the music and sermons to be posted on the website. He also teaches voice/guitar/bass/drums/keys and coaches bands at Lutherville Rock School.

Toan Dang

Church Custodian

Toan and other family members emigrated to America from Vietnam in 1980, sponsored by Calvary Baptist. He began work as Calvary's chief custodian in 1985. His mother and sister joined him here in America in 1992. Toan loves to cook native dishes, and often prepares special treats for the church.